A Ministry of Meetings (LDS Apostle Rudger Clawson)

A Ministry of Meetings
The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson

Edited by Stan Larson

Signature Books in association with
Smith Research Associates
Salt Lake City, Utah

Introduction
A Rudger Clawson Chronology
Charts and Map

THE DOCUMENTS

I. Diary Ten: 8 October 1898 to 5 May 1899
Call to the Apostleship: "Let Others Speak"

II. Diary Eleven: 11 May 1899 to 11 January 1900
Descendants of Jesus: "His Seed is Represented in This Body of Men"

III. Diary Twelve: 11 January to 12 July 1900
Feasting at the Lord's Table: "The Brethren Partook Freely"

IV. Diary Thirteen: 14 July 1900 to 17 April 1901
The Political Landscape: "We Will Have Control"

V. Diary Fourteen: 18 April to 26 December 1901
Preaching to the World: "An Atlas was Secured"

VI. Diary Fifteen: 1 January to 31 December 1902
Setting Policy: "Confidences Held Sacred"

VII. Diary Sixteen: 4 January to 31 December 1903
Balancing the Ledger: "Twelve Percent Allowed for Handling the Tithes"

VIII. Diary Seventeen: 3 January to 5 October 1904
The Burden of Plural Marriage: "Be Wise and Prudent"

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	title page A Ministry of Meetings The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson Edited by Stan Larson Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates Salt Lake City 1993 dedication Dedicated to my wife, Patty, for listening to my evening recitals of what I learned each day.
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Printed and bound in the United States of America. ∞ Printed on acid free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clawson, Rudger. A ministry of meetings : the diaries of Rudger Clawson, 1898-1904 / edited by Stan Larson. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Clawson, Rudger—Diaries. 2. Mormons—United States—Diaries. I. Larson, Stan. II. Title. BX8695.C32A3 1993 289.3'092—dc20 [B] 92-5901 ISBN: 0-941214-92-3
		Rudger Clawson
About the Editor Stan Larson received his B.A., M.A., and M.L.I.S. degrees from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in England. His previous publications include Unitarianism in Utah: A Gentile Religion in Salt Lake City (coauthored with Lorille Miller) and Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters of Rudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, 1884-97. He has also published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Journal of Mormon History, Sunstone, BYU Studies, Ensign, and Trinity Journal. Presently he is the Utah History, Philosophy, and Religion Archivist at the Marriott Library, University of Utah. He is married to Patricia Margaret Rowsell, and they have five children—Timothy, James, Daniel, Deborah, and Melissa—and three grandchildren—Andrew, Brittany, and Caitlin.

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